Commonwealth Jazz Club

Commonwealth Jazz Club is a 1965 music television miniseries which was co-produced in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Commonwealth Jazz Club
Genre	jazz music
Country of origin	Australia Canada United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC BBC CBC
Release	1965 (1965) – 1965 (1965)

Premise

Jazz music performances were featured in this six-programme co-production of ABC (Australia), the BBC (Britain) and CBC Television (Canada). Each nation produced two half-hour episodes for the series.

Scheduling

In Canada four of the Commonwealth Jazz Club episodes, including both Canadian contributions, were broadcast on CBC Television Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 9 to 30 September 1965.

Episodes

• Australia: (Peter Page director) Graeme Bell and his All Stars^[1]
• Australia: (Peter Page director) Don Burrows Quartet with Judy Bailey (piano)^[2]
• Canada: (Paddy Sampson producer) Jimmy Dale Orchestra and the Sonny Greenwich Quartet^[3][4]
• Canada: (Paddy Sampson producer) Tony Collacott Trio (Collacott piano, Bob Price acoustic double bass, Ricky Marcus drums) and the Rob McConnell Quartet (McConnell trombone, Ed Bickert guitar, Bill Britto acoustic double bass, Bruce Farquhar drums)^[4][5]
• United Kingdom: (Colin Charman director) Benny Green presenter, The Commonwealth Big Band (Tubby Hayes music director, Bob Burns, Art Ellefson, Freddy Logan acoustic double bass, Ronnie Ross reeds, Ray Swinfield, Gib Wallace trombone, Kenny Wheeler trumpet)^[6]
• United Kingdom: (Colin Charman director) Benny Green presenter, Kenny Baker trumpet, Tony Coe, Jackie Dougan drums, Spike Heatley acoustic double bass, Dudley Moore piano, Tommy Whittle tenor sax.^[7]